Byways in southern Tuscany . .-»toi«_lf-J, ^^^i^^Xt^;!??% Spedaletto CHAPTER VIII The Val dOrcia—Radicofani—The Legend ofRe Giannino HE valley of the RiverOrcia—which con-tained Castiglione dOrcia and its sevenneighboring castles, as well as manyother fortified places—was the most im-portant part of the Httle republic ofMontalcino, and the first to declare alle-giance to her. The heights of Monte-pulciano lie to the north of it and thoseof Montalcino to the west, to the eastrises the mountain ridge of Cetona where the river has itssource, and to the south is the peak of Radicofani to-gether wi
Byways in southern Tuscany . .-»toi«_lf-J, ^^^i^^Xt^;!??% Spedaletto CHAPTER VIII The Val dOrcia—Radicofani—The Legend ofRe Giannino HE valley of the RiverOrcia—which con-tained Castiglione dOrcia and its sevenneighboring castles, as well as manyother fortified places—was the most im-portant part of the Httle republic ofMontalcino, and the first to declare alle-giance to her. The heights of Monte-pulciano lie to the north of it and thoseof Montalcino to the west, to the eastrises the mountain ridge of Cetona where the river has itssource, and to the south is the peak of Radicofani to-gether with the cone of Monte Amiata which nobly over-looks it all. But when we speak of the valley of the Orciathe region presents itself to the memory as less a valleythan a network of hills and vales, a continuous series of 121. BYWAYS IN SOUTHERN TUSCANY %
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